Tuesday May 22, 2012
11:30 AM

CanCare's 18th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day Luncheon

Westin Galleria

This year, the annual luncheon features keynote speaker Eric Shanteau, cancer survivor and Olympic athlete. Shanteau will share his inspirational story before heading off to London for the 2012 Olympic ...

6:00 PM

Art Opening Reception: Bombshell Bitches by Kim Hartz

Block 7 Wine Company

Bombshell Bitches is an artistic project by Kim Hartz. She wanted to create beautiful black and white film images capturing the bombshell beauty in various breeds of female dogs. The ...

6:30 PM

Race Talk 2012: "Understanding the Past, Facing the Challenges of the Present and Preparing for a Better Future"

Holocaust Museum Houston

Kevin Michael Foster's talk will recover the realities of anti-black violence and intimidation in the United States as one place to start. From there, Foster will consider the reactions ...

7:00 PM

Book Reading and Signing with Buzz Bissinger: Father's Day

Brazos Bookstore

  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger reads from his new book, Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind & Heart of My Extraordinary Son, which details ...

7:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

7:30 PM

The Rumi Concert

Asia Society Texas Center

Through a unique collaboration of musicians, dancers and poets, The Rumi Concert brings to life the poetry of the 13th-century Persian mystic, Rumi. The concert features Coleman Barks, author of ...

7:30 PM

Matthew Dirst in Concert: "Mid-Century Modern: An Organ Recital"

Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

The program includes mid 20th-century works by Anton Heiller, Jehan Alain, Olivier Messiaen, William Albright and Frank Martin.

Wednesday May 23, 2012
10:30 AM
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A. D. Players presents Cinderella

A. D. Players

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

11:30 AM
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14th Annual Heart of Houston Awards Luncheon

Junior League of Houston

The Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, Inc. is a youth leadership and development program for at-risk males, ages 12 to 19 years old, located in one of Houston's economically depressed ...

11:30 AM
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Preservation Houston's 2012 Spring Luncheon with Steve Berry

The Parador

Bestselling author Steve Berry (The Paris Vendetta, The Amber Room) is the featured speaker at Preservation Houston's spring luncheon. During the event, Berry will discuss the work of his ...

11:30 AM
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The Women's Home Lester and Sue Smith Luncheon with Ted Williams

InterContinental Houston Near the Galleria

You Tube sensation Ted Williams will share experiences from his newly released memoir, A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation. A ...

12:00 PM
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"Blues and Burgers" Concerts at Discovery Green

Discovery Green

These lunchtime concerts are co-sponsored by KTSU-FM and will feature burgers along with live Houston blues music. March 21 - DelGrosso/Del Toro Richardson Band March 28 - Kristine Mills April 4 ...

1:30 PM
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Writers' Workshop with New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry "Lessons from a Bestseller"

St. Paul's United Methodist Church

"Lessons from a Bestseller" is a four-hour writers' workshop with New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry. He has presented this same program across the country teaching hundreds of aspiring ...

4:00 PM
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Robert Graham Grand Opening benefiting Rally for Kids with Cancer

The Galleria

The fashion retailer will be hosting a cocktail event to celebrate its grand opening with light snacks and wine. Fifteen percent of sales from that evening will benefit Rally for ...

6:00 PM
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Artist talk with Allan Rodewald

Intero Real Estate Services

Allan Rodewald will be sharing his recent successes from Red Dot at Miami Basel and Art Monaco 2012.

6:00 PM
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Houston Young People for the Arts' Culture Collision 2012

Advantage BMW Midtown

Culture Collision brings people, music, art and the social scene together for one night each year giving Houston urbanites the opportunity to find out how they can be involved in ...

6:30 PM
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Lecture: "Commemorating a Lost Community: Samuel Bak's Return to Vilna"

Holocaust Museum Houston

For the boy who grew up to be the artist Samuel Bak, the destruction of the Vilna ghetto together with most members of his family remains a painful memory. The ...

6:30 PM
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Angels Envy Bourbon Tasting

Brennan's of Houston

Brennan's of Houston and The Courtyard Bar will be hosting master distiller Lincoln Henderson for a tasting event featuring his newest creation, Angel's Envy, a Kentucky straight bourbon ...

7:00 PM
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Building Arts Distinguished Lecture Series: "The Round Dance Halls of Texas" by Steff McDougal

The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park

Music and dancing have been an important part of life in rural Texas since it was first settled and that tradition lives on today in Texas historic dance halls. In ...

7:00 PM
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CancerForward's "The New Summer Standard 2012"

Houston Country Club

The New Summer Standard 2012 is a black-tie dinner dance that celebrates National Cancer Survivors Day and honors three-time cancer survivor Nancy Moncrief, who was first diagnosed with cancer at ...

7:00 PM
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Foundation for Teen Health's "Night Vision 3 - A Festival of Art"

National Art Services

"Night Vision 3 - A Festival of Art" is a New Orleans-style festival in a warehouse setting with fabulous food trucks, bourbon bar along with other spirits, lounge with hand rolled ...

7:00 PM
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Meet Rwanda Orphanage Director Victor Monroy

Haven

Spend an evening drinking and snacking on appetizers at Haven while chatting with Victor Monroy, director of L'Esperance Children's Aid Orphanage in Mugonero, Rwanda. The Johnson Space Center ...

7:30 PM
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Main Street Theater presents My Wonderful Day

Main Street Theater

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top television personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend and an all too wise 9-year-old — it's going ...

7:30 PM
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Kristin Chenoweth at Jones Hall

Jones Hall

In a rare concert appearance, Emmy and Tony award winner Kristin Chenoweth will perform songs from her latest album Some Lessons Learned, as well as an array of her most ...

7:30 PM
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Stages Repertory Theatre presents Next to Normal

Stages Repertory Theatre

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

7:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

8:30 PM
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Grupo Kache Live at Ringside Lounge

Sullivan's Steakhouse

Grupo Kache performs Live at Ringside Lounge inside Sullivan's Steakhouse. This local Houston mainstay is a frequented hotspot open Wednesday through Saturday nights. Ringside boasts an array of tasty ...

Thursday May 24, 2012
10:30 AM
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A. D. Players presents Cinderella

A. D. Players

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

4:00 PM
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Houston Business Journal's "40 Under 40" and "Battle of the Business Bands"

Warehouse Live

The evening will begin with "40 Under 40," an awards program that identifies 40 business leaders under the age of 40 who are key industry leaders in their business and ...

5:00 PM
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Spacetaker's Cultured Cocktails 2012

Boheme

Raise a glass to the arts at Spacetaker's Cultured Cocktails. This weekly happy hour allows guests to get up close and personal with members of the arts and creative ...

5:00 PM
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Tai Chi at the Reflecting Pool with Henderson Smith

Rothko Chapel

Led by instructor Henderson Smith, the classes will be held on the Chapel grounds near the reflecting pool and Barnett Newman’s sculpture Broken Obelisk. The classes will be suitable ...

5:30 PM
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Rienzi's Twilight Tours

Rienzi

Spend an evening at one of Houston's most treasured estates, Rienzi, and enjoy a Twilight Tour of the home's remarkable collection of European decorative arts and gardens. Mix ...

5:30 PM
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Book Reading and Signing with Kristin Kaufman: Is This Seat Taken?

Barnes and Noble - River Oaks

Come join this talented public speaker read from her new book, Is This Seat Taken? Kristin Kaufman promises to bring passionate energy, wit and Southern charm while leaving those in ...

5:30 PM
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Skills For Living Junior Board's "Beer & Philanthropy"

Buffalo Bayou Brewery

Not yet open to the public, Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. and the Skills for Living Junior Board host a private event for young professionals who enjoy beer and philanthropy. Take ...

5:30 PM
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Art Opening Reception: Weaving Home: Textile Traditions from Houston's Karenni Community

Houston Arts Alliance Gallery

Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world. They all bring with them distinctive traditions. The exhibition, Weaving Home, focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from ...

6:00 PM
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Lecture: "In the Realm of Architecture: Some Notes on Ai Weiwei's Spatial Temptations" with Reto Geiser

Architecture Center Houston

Reto Geiser of MG&Co. curated Ai Weiwei's Five Houses Exhibit, a major new architectural project by Ai Weiwei and the first since Chinese authorities detained the internationally acclaimed ...

6:00 PM
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Art Opening Reception: "Selected Works from the La Colombe d’Or Collection"

La Colombe d'Or

La Colombe d'Or Art Gallery opens "Selected Works from the La Colombe d’Or Collection," an eclectic collection of paintings. This exhibit will highlight works by various living artists ...

6:30 PM
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Concert Series at the Kemah Boardwalk "Rock the Dock"

Kemah Boardwalk

At the Kemah Boardwalk's 14th annual Rock the Dock summer-long concert series, music lovers will enjoy beats from local and regional bands beginning in May and continuing each Thursday ...

6:30 PM
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Bayou City Outdoors Meet & Greet

Zimm's Little Deck

Join Bayou City Outdoors (BCO) members and guests and socialize with old friends and meet new members. Enjoy the laid-back atmosphere of Zimm's, where BCO will its own area ...

6:30 PM
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University of Houston-Downtown Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green

Discovery Green

Rock out at these family-friendly concerts showcasing music of Texas and the Gulf Coast. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome. Food, beer and wine are available for purchase. No ...

6:30 PM
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Holocaust Museum Houston Cultural Bridges Lecture & Social: "Intervening in Genocide"

Holocaust Museum Houston

Adam Jones' lecture will focus on the data-set of interventions and non-interventions that have been proposed and/or used for genocide prevention or intervention. He will examine these for the ...

7:00 PM
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Blindsided by God: Unexpected Lessons of Faith

Rothko Chapel

In partnership with Interfaith Ministries and ISKCON of Houston, the Chapel will present an inspiring conversation with Radhanath Swami and Rev. Jim Bankston, senior pastor at St. Paul's United ...

7:00 PM
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The North Face Speaker Series: Rock Climber Mark Synnott on "Life on the Vertical"

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mark Synnott has a mission: To seek out and climb the world's most remote cliffs. For Synnott, the journey is as important as the climb, and his quest has ...

7:00 PM
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Screening of The Strange Demise of Jim Crow

14 Pews

The Strange Demise of Jim Crow is a multi-level story of urban power and change, student demonstrators versus segregationists, the white power structure's fear of integration against its greater ...

7:30 PM
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Country Playhouse presents Entertaining Mr. Sloane

Country Playhouse

In a shabby London house next to a rubbish dump, a smooth young tough scores free rent when both the middle-aged landlady and her brother are attracted by his physical ...

7:30 PM
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Lecture: "Steven Spielberg in History" by Stephen Berk

Jewish Community Center

This lecture will explore how three of Spielberg's films — Schindler's List, Amistad and Saving Private Ryan — can be used as a valuable window into modern history. Stephen Berk ...

7:30 PM
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Main Street Theater presents My Wonderful Day

Main Street Theater

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top television personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend and an all too wise 9-year-old — it's going ...

7:30 PM
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A. D. Players presents The Beams Are Creaking

A. D. Players

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

7:30 PM
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Houston Ballet presents "Made in America"

Wortham Theater Center

Balanchine. Morris. Fonte. All three have created ballets for companies around the world. This program, however, was made entirely in America. Mark Morris's breezy Drink to Me Only With ...

7:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

7:30 PM
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Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX screening: Los Angeles Plays Itself

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Los Angeles-based filmmaker, historian, critic, curator and educator Thom Andersen uses cinema to examine neglected aspects of culture. His acclaimed documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) explores how the city ...

7:30 PM
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Texas Repertory Theatre presents Art by Yasmina Reza

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

7:30 PM
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Stages Repertory Theatre presents Next to Normal

Stages Repertory Theatre

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

8:00 PM
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Hot Night in Havana with Tiempo Libre

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Cuban sensation Tiempo Libre heats up the stage with the Houston Symphony for Hot Night in Havana. Under the baton of Michael Krajewski, the temperature soars as one of the ...

8:15 PM
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Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue

Miller Outdoor Theatre

"Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue" is back to at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The 2012 spectacular will pay tribute to Etta James, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Ashford & Simpson and ...

10:00 PM
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Pride SuperStar 2012

South Beach

This American Idol-type vocal contest, sponsored by Pride Houston, begins with 11 singers including: Marcus Alvarez, Shawn Anderson, Gilbert Garza, Victoria Bryan, Daniel Edwards, Dominic Di Felice, Joey Rickman ...

Friday May 25, 2012
10:30 AM
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A. D. Players presents Cinderella

A. D. Players

Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her meet the prince of her dreams. Enchanting and stimulating ...

1:30 PM
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2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The May and June 2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures provide a fresh take on the Old Masters at the MFAH. A reception to meet the speaker follows each program ...

7:00 PM
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The Italian Cultural & Community Center's "A Tavola con le Tradizioni della...Sicilia"

The Italian Cultural Community Center

Houston's cultural center for everything Italian will host executive chef Giancarlo Ferrara of Ristorante Arcodoro for a dinner and chef demonstration. Giancarlo Ferrara will lead guests through Italy's ...

7:00 PM
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Art Opening Reception: Subjective Perspective - Fine Art Paintings by Mark Roden

JoMar Visions at Hardy & Nance Studios

Mark Roden, one of the JoMar Visions founders, is presenting his first solo show of paintings. Guests will enjoy live jazz music by Shades of Red combo. For more than ...

7:00 PM
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Revivals Screening: Reality Bites

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Written by Houstonian Helen Childress and filmed in Houston, Reality Bites was the first Gen X comedy based on recent graduates facing life and love after college. Winona Ryder stars ...

8:00 PM
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A. D. Players presents The Beams Are Creaking

A. D. Players

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

8:00 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

8:00 PM
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Alley Theatre presents Noises Off

Alley Theatre

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

8:00 PM
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Houston Symphony presents Tiempo Libre!

Jones Hall

Tiempo Libre, the sizzling, dance-inducing Latin music group will throw one big Cuban party with conductor Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony. The infectious, symphonic-infused, tropical rhythms of these classically ...

8:00 PM
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The Music Box Theater presents Travelsty

Music Box Theater

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

8:00 PM
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Texas Repertory Theatre presents Art by Yasmina Reza

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

8:00 PM
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Main Street Theater presents My Wonderful Day

Main Street Theater

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top television personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend and an all too wise 9-year-old — it's going ...

8:00 PM
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Catastrophic Theatre presents American Falls by Miki Johnson

DiverseWorks

A sort of Our Town for current times, American Falls asks ancient, unanswerable questions: What is it to live? What becomes of the child on the mysterious road to adulthood ...

8:00 PM
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Country Playhouse presents Entertaining Mr. Sloane

Country Playhouse

In a shabby London house next to a rubbish dump, a smooth young tough scores free rent when both the middle-aged landlady and her brother are attracted by his physical ...

8:00 PM
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Stages Repertory Theatre presents Next to Normal

Stages Repertory Theatre

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

8:15 PM
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Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue

Miller Outdoor Theatre

"Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue" is back to at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The 2012 spectacular will pay tribute to Etta James, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Ashford & Simpson and ...

Saturday May 26, 2012
9:00 AM
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Memorial Day Weekend Chili Challenge presented by H-E-B

Depot Plaza

Tomball's first ever Memorial Day Weekend Chili Challenge is a Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) sanctioned cook-off that will feature some of the best chili cook teams in southeast ...

10:00 AM
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Science Hack Day Houston

Caroline Collective

Science Hack Day Houston will be a 24-hour science hacking marathon that will bring together developers, scientists and other geeks in the same physical space for a brief but intense ...

11:00 AM
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Eighth Annual Empty Bowls Houston

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Guests will receive a simple lunch of soup and bread provided by Whole Foods Market and then select a bowl from 1,000-plus one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bowls donated by Houston area ...

12:00 PM
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Discovery Kids Swap Meet

Discovery Green

Australian interactive theater troupe Polyglot Theater presents the Texas premier of We Built This City. Children will have the opportunity to use cardboard boxes to build a “city” and then ...

2:00 PM
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Lecture Series: One Artist, One Work

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Critic and writer Jennie King shares her paper "Something Old, Something New, Something 'Borrowed': William Cordova's Laberintos and the Machu Picchu Artifacts at Yale," which addresses Cordova's Laberintos ...

2:30 PM
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A. D. Players presents The Beams Are Creaking

A. D. Players

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

2:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

4:00 PM
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2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The May and June 2012 Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures provide a fresh take on the Old Masters at the MFAH. A reception to meet the speaker follows each program ...

6:00 PM
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Memorial Day in The Woodlands & Fireworks

Waterway Square

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a grand display of fireworks. This free event in Waterway Square is complete with face painters, balloonists, food, live music and activities for the whole ...

7:00 PM
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Paint Your Own Rodrigue Blue Dog

Pinot's Palette - Galleria

Paint your very own George Rodrigue Blue Dog and bring home a piece of southern art. Pinot's Palette will provide the canvas, easel, brushes, paints and apron. All you ...

7:00 PM
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Revivals Screening: Reality Bites

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Written by Houstonian Helen Childress and filmed in Houston, Reality Bites was the first Gen X comedy based on recent graduates facing life and love after college. Winona Ryder stars ...

7:00 PM
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Art Reception: "The Cheesy Art Show"

Space Montrose

Space Montrose isn't afraid to get cheesy, and neither is local artist JP Nandin. Witty, playful and super cheeky, this collection of posters shows the inner working of Nandin ...

7:00 PM
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Screening of Six In Paris

14 Pews

In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story and sometimes local flavor, but ...

7:30 PM
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Houston Ballet presents "Made in America"

Wortham Theater Center

Balanchine. Morris. Fonte. All three have created ballets for companies around the world. This program, however, was made entirely in America. Mark Morris's breezy Drink to Me Only With ...

8:00 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

8:00 PM
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Stages Repertory Theatre presents Next to Normal

Stages Repertory Theatre

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

8:00 PM
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Main Street Theater presents My Wonderful Day

Main Street Theater

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top television personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend and an all too wise 9-year-old — it's going ...

8:00 PM
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Catastrophic Theatre presents American Falls by Miki Johnson

DiverseWorks

A sort of Our Town for current times, American Falls asks ancient, unanswerable questions: What is it to live? What becomes of the child on the mysterious road to adulthood ...

8:00 PM
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Texas Repertory Theatre presents Art by Yasmina Reza

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

8:00 PM
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A. D. Players presents The Beams Are Creaking

A. D. Players

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

8:00 PM
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Country Playhouse presents Entertaining Mr. Sloane

Country Playhouse

In a shabby London house next to a rubbish dump, a smooth young tough scores free rent when both the middle-aged landlady and her brother are attracted by his physical ...

8:00 PM
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The Music Box Theater presents Travelsty

Music Box Theater

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

8:00 PM
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Houston Symphony presents Tiempo Libre!

Jones Hall

Tiempo Libre, the sizzling, dance-inducing Latin music group will throw one big Cuban party with conductor Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony. The infectious, symphonic-infused, tropical rhythms of these classically ...

8:00 PM
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Alley Theatre presents Noises Off

Alley Theatre

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

8:15 PM
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Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue

Miller Outdoor Theatre

"Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue" is back to at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The 2012 spectacular will pay tribute to Etta James, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Ashford & Simpson and ...

Sunday May 27, 2012
12:00 PM
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Discovery Kids Swap Meet

Discovery Green

Australian interactive theater troupe Polyglot Theater presents the Texas premier of We Built This City. Children will have the opportunity to use cardboard boxes to build a “city” and then ...

2:00 PM
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Houston Ballet presents "Made in America"

Wortham Theater Center

Balanchine. Morris. Fonte. All three have created ballets for companies around the world. This program, however, was made entirely in America. Mark Morris's breezy Drink to Me Only With ...

2:00 PM
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The Music Box Theater presents Travelsty

Music Box Theater

Travelsty showcases songs and sketches about America's favorite travel destinations combined with the joys and difficulties in reaching them. Songs included in this music and comedy trek are "Georgia ...

2:30 PM
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A. D. Players presents The Beams Are Creaking

A. D. Players

This historical thriller is the true story of a modern man for all seasons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who defied the Nazis and ultimately led an assassination attempt against Hitler ...

2:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents Noises Off

Alley Theatre

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

2:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

3:00 PM
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Messina Hof Winery & Resort Spring Wine Appreciation Classes

Messina Hof Winery & Resort

There are a wide variety of grapes produced throughout the world, which take on many different flavors, textures and forms. Grape varietals are different breeds of grapes that can accentuate ...

3:00 PM
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Stages Repertory Theatre presents Next to Normal

Stages Repertory Theatre

This show celebrates the modern family, shatters the myths of mental illness and redefines what it means to be "normal" in an ever-changing, unknowable world. Written by Tom Kitt and ...

3:00 PM
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Texas Repertory Theatre presents Art by Yasmina Reza

Texas Repertory Theatre

Yasmina Reza explores art as well as the true nature of friendship in her Tony Award-winning play. After paying a quarter of a million dollars for a painting, Serge finds ...

3:00 PM
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Main Street Theater presents My Wonderful Day

Main Street Theater

When you put together a very pregnant woman, an over-the-top television personality, his fiery wife, his mistress, his hungover best friend and an all too wise 9-year-old — it's going ...

4:00 PM
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Screening of Six In Paris

14 Pews

In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story and sometimes local flavor, but ...

5:00 PM
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Revivals Screening: Reality Bites

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Written by Houstonian Helen Childress and filmed in Houston, Reality Bites was the first Gen X comedy based on recent graduates facing life and love after college. Winona Ryder stars ...

6:00 PM
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Memorial Day in The Woodlands & Fireworks

Waterway Square

Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a grand display of fireworks. This free event in Waterway Square is complete with face painters, balloonists, food, live music and activities for the whole ...

7:00 PM
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Brave New Waves Sound Series Inaugural Concert

14 Pews

Brave New Waves is a new monthly music series focusing on electronic, electro-acoustic and other music forms. Performances are held the last Sunday of each month and feature local, national ...

7:30 PM
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Houston Symphony presents Tiempo Libre!

Jones Hall

Tiempo Libre, the sizzling, dance-inducing Latin music group will throw one big Cuban party with conductor Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony. The infectious, symphonic-infused, tropical rhythms of these classically ...

7:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents Noises Off

Alley Theatre

The funniest of modern comedies and a farce within a farce, Noises Off takes the clichés of the genre and shakes them up in a wild comic blender into ...

7:30 PM
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Alley Theatre presents What We’re Up Against

Alley Theatre

"They told me it wasn't like this anymore. Why is it still like this?" bemoans Eliza, a female architect, as she slams into the firm’s glass ceiling yet ...

8:15 PM
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Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue

Miller Outdoor Theatre

"Dancin' in the Street: Motown & More Revue" is back to at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The 2012 spectacular will pay tribute to Etta James, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Ashford & Simpson and ...

Monday May 28, 2012
1:00 PM
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Houston Premieres Screening: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adrià closes his restaurant El Bulli and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season ...

3:00 PM
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Houston Premieres Screening: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adrià closes his restaurant El Bulli and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season ...

7:30 PM
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Memorial Day Lantern Launch at Towne Lake

Towne Lake

Towne Lake hosts a Memorial Day Lantern Launch in memory of loved ones who have departed. Attendees will have the opportunity to dedicate a lantern for someone special. At dusk ...

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